Die Nymphen des Rheins und das Echo der Donau- Wassermusik für zwei Gamben von Johan Schenck mit Georg Zeike und Miyoko Ito

In the organizer's words:

What connects the nymphs of the Rhine with the echo of the Danube? They are the titles of two collections of music for viola da gamba by Johan Schenck (1660-1717?), a virtuoso on this instrument and composer from Amsterdam. He dedicated "Le Nymphe di rheno" (The Nymphs of the Rhine) to the Rhenish Elector Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg and "L'écho du danube" (The Echo of the Danube) to Baron zu Diemantstein from near Bissingen on the Danube. Schenck seems to have spent some time with him, as can be seen from the preface to the edition. He writes that after his visit to the baron on the Danube, he still hears an echo of this time within himself and has now written down the music that was apparently promised. In the two solo sonatas from the "Echo", Schenck shows what a viola da gamba alone is capable of, while in the duets of the "Nymphs" both viols enter into a dialog at "ear level".
Georg Zeike and Miyoko Ito from the Musizierende Gesellschaft Leipzig will guide you through Johan Schenck's world of sound and water with their viols and moderations